BOA has sent out a letter stating that the So. Cal Regional is in danger of being canceled. They need at least 14 bands to make it happen and so far they're at 10.

No knock on the Hemet folks, but I have to believe that choice of venue has something to do with the low numbers.

_________________Glendora High School (Drum Major), Kingsmen, Madison Scouts, THE Ohio State University (Drum Major), Charlton High School (Band Director), Queensland University (Band Director), Seattle Symphony, Chicago Symphony... now jus' playin' for the movies

Well something is causing some SoCal bands (Ayala and Vista Murrieta) to travel to the St. George, UT, regional. That's a good 6 or 7 hour bus ride at least from SoCal. St. George is a beautiful place, however I don't think I'd plan an overnight band trip there for the beauty alone when there's a similar competition locally.

According to the line-up, Vista Murrieta is attending both competitions. Ayala has only signed up for Utah.

Interesting, only 5 So. Cal. bands at Hemet so far... the others are from No. Calif., Texas, Nevada and Arizona.

_________________Glendora High School (Drum Major), Kingsmen, Madison Scouts, THE Ohio State University (Drum Major), Charlton High School (Band Director), Queensland University (Band Director), Seattle Symphony, Chicago Symphony... now jus' playin' for the movies

As for the SoCal Regional. If BOA really wanted more groups to attend it the first thing they need to do is find a place other than Hemmet to have the regional. It's not even that large of a stadium. 2 years ago when it was at a college stadium (College of the Canyons) about 30 bands where at the regional.

HS stadiums I'm sure are cheaper than colleges to rent......I'm sure they could have found a school more centralized

Found out Plymouth-Canton isn't going because they will be in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade just two weeks later, and they couldn't afford two big trips so close to each other. Also, Plymouth-Canton might make this a trend, where they ditch BOA Grand Nationals once every four years for a different big trip (London, Orlando, etc.)

_________________Glendora High School (Drum Major), Kingsmen, Madison Scouts, THE Ohio State University (Drum Major), Charlton High School (Band Director), Queensland University (Band Director), Seattle Symphony, Chicago Symphony... now jus' playin' for the movies

Unfortunately, Fountain Valley will not be attending the San Antonio show this year due to budgetary concerns. We are however looking forward to competing at the St. George regional in late October. We were really looking forward to Texas. I was really looking forward to my students hearing the quality of the top tier Texas bands. I had the pleasure of attending the San Antonio show last year as a spectator (with my brother Alan), and the quality of music was astounding, jaw dropping, and inspiring. We will make the trip to Texas someday.

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